The Four Known Things (AN 4.1)

Maybe you've heard of the Eightfold Path: Right view, right intent, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.

But have you heard of the Threefold Training? This divides the Eightfold Path into three sections:

• Paññā (wisdom, as in wise view and wise intention),
• Sīla (moral ethics, as in ethical speech, ethical action, and ethical livelihood), and
• Samadhi (meditative practice, such as meditative effort, meditative mindfulness, and meditative concentration).

When those three are perfected, the path is realized, and freedom (vimutti) is attained.

In this sutta, the Buddha teaches about these four things: Panna, Sila, Samadhi, and Vimutti.

Read along: https://suttacentral.net/an4.1/en/kovilo?lang=en&layout=linebyline&reference=main&notes=sidenotes&highlight=false&script=latin

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